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The 'old House liad long been playing to empty This petition states, that in consequerice of an un- 1 benches, and •Vi(fleagain under the necessity of re- happy ciflerence with the Pateliteis and Managers,r i trenching they expenses, which they attempted by the Lord Chamberlain, on the Gtb of June, t 707, , ; paying the Aelors only a Fart of their nominal seta- issued' an order for discontinuing their further aeting Vie'following curioes account of an interesting r feet te :ea , lliitish stage, has been drawn up from 1_ ries,leaving the balance to be paid in mote pro - Tereus. in that Theatre ; . that the Pertintnet 5, in conse- . 1 - ; 44pe - ri w hicl) belonged to the family of one of the times Next season, 1696, this notable exPedient quence, ‘vere depriveil. of the weans of su pp or ting original patentees, 1 1 c 1 Abstracts from some of the 'was ialialted by the , Managers of the new Honse; themselves. end families; that they l,ad thriee pe principal papers in the collection are subjoined. t which they continued till 1706, when they dissolved tioued the Lord Chamberlain to-permit their per . s . their partnership he inutual consent, when they i forming, as it %vas the conduct o: . the Nianagers alone threw themselves upon the protedion of Sir John t .which offended his Lordship; and as they could not 'King Charles the Secondn the 15th elf January, tetie, 'greeted his letters patent to Sir Williarti Da- i Vanburgle, and they obtained a new and- large engage elsew here without being liable to an atetion at ~,,,,,e ; me t of t itte-2,501 of April todowiug, the Theatre in the Hay s marliet, which was then built;. the suit of the Managers for a breach ofe contras - a; sere; Men arch grauted similar Authority to Sir Tho- ' but here they did not succeed, as the building was •.humbly praying her Majesty to nrder that Theatre : to 'Mai Kiihgrew to build two new theatres tespec- ~ then thought too extensive and ill-donstrueted, for be re-opened. • tively ; the management to remain in their heirs and i the audience hearing the Plays. , 4. Wherees, open Mr. Drydeu's binding himself Heys a yearohe said Mr. 1). was. ad ssetis for ever. They. were to ere& their theatres 1 In the year 1707, this new Theatre . was appro- ato write three in the eitie of London or Westminster, and to hire e iated to Oitera entirely, and the tevo companies of. milted, and continued as it Sharer in the King's a d or e w ho wete ervants of the King 'and Queens I Aaors again united in Drury-lane ; but they were ~ Playhouse for diVers,years, and, received for 'hie share an d o f t h e - peke of Yovk. In consequene. thereof: . ' not long re-united, water Mr. Rich, the Patentee, • and a quarter 3 or, 4001. communibus.annie ; b u t S;r '' . l. Riii , grew Sir ernes Hoe-void: Charles ; income-in :iioir with the other share-boiclers, again' though heeeceieedthe monies, we received not she Hart, Theopitilus RA, e. 'hael M-' ii - i, Nicholas ' not telly s t o pp e d p ar t of t h e ir s alaries, but finding: Plays, not one in a year. . After which the .Hotise irt, Rein Lacy, Robert Sit -ell, ‘ei .. r Olunete ]that the Actors dre. , greater audiences on the eights 'being burnt, ~the Company in building another core Wm. 'Carte rint, `Wiiiiam 'te ersell, e. :, „a la f thter 0 elatiei titan other nights, they resolved,, treded greet debts, so that the Shares fell mech short Hewitt, and Robert Clayton , oheeeede - . from the lie; a e e eey bto pp e d one . t hird .of each Adar's re-. of , ellae.tlley were, formerly ; whereupon. Mr ; D. Eeri of Eietitord, a lease for'4l years of im pi , ::,ce of ctipts on Such benefits: The Actors, in consequence, • complaining to the. Company of his, weet of profit,. ; li - ewe !, p ly ins; in the earisees of Ste Martin in the laid their ease belere:the Lord Chautherlain,. who- the Company was-so kind to him, that they no t oo ty. Fiel('.s, and St. Paul'js, G.,:e,:t-Lat'deri,'knoWn by : ordered .Rich : to satisfy flee demands of the ; Ader'se , diO rot press • him tire the Plays wflieh he so engaged the-reline ot. the Reliiig Yarli'' ' \'' ' .'`--f(D111.1-",y built - but t!e: hiker d e clined eornOyieg vv lib ,his Lord-: 10 svelte for them, and .for. Which be-was' paid before 2 tut:, and eonuUeneed perionnin all sorts of , ship's request.' Ai last, on . ' the 6th of September, . hand, but they '&cl'also at his earnest .request gave pe e , s , ~c or dit- p : ter -the tel et the patent.. r ; 17c 1 9, her' Majesty, 'que . en Ann', order- . d the: 4114. a third day' for his last new. Play, ca lled ~ All rflioner , Keligrew 'assii;neel different shares of h i si' Theltre to be cloyed, and to continue closed tell fur-. : for Love, ' at:4 at the receipt ofMoney of the patent to the other L'esSees . for certain cOnsiderations, 'they orders. . . said third clay he acknowledged tit a gilt, and a parti • . gild .;:oil eCl!=iiil COilditiODS, and they weretotipar, to par. We shail here present our treaders with an ..A.b- ! miler kindpess,6l eheeeempany ; yei,:notwithstand ticie.e.e in ill= prOilt or losa, in proporthm to their . straw o f some o f th., M anu scripts to which we he l ve' mg that kind proceeding, Mr. D. has now jointly • A, res r ,•,,',li V e inte re,rs. The the re was 112 feet in i aluded, and which tend tO . eluctuate the Tneatfical .with Mr... Lee ,(who-waS in ;pension with us to the lerivi it row East to — WeSi, al,,i; 59 feet' in breadthi I -I:ltStory of the period. .•. . . . - last day of our playing, and shall continue), written ~., a Play, called ,' ipus" and given into the Duke's from Nuttli to South. The les:);:es, according to a; • No. I .—A Keition to the Oneed,•Signed by the company, contrary to his said agreement, his pro condition of the le A;;e, 'eXpendeli 1,5091.' , in erealing. : Right Honotirable Lord Guilford: the Right Plon.: it, and were to pay a rent ot out ter the ground. L o ro Jahn Harvey , Dante :'dice 13rewnlow,WidoW,. 'mine, and all _gratitude, to the great prejudice and almost undeing of the company, they being. the on-: Sir W e iliaie Davenant, jointly with ditierelit per- Ana Shadweil, Widow, Sir EeivvarclSteith Bert. Sir ly Poets remainieg to - us, Mr. Crow ne.being on= bons, to whom lie hat ass,ned certain shari's of his Thomas ,Skipwitli, Bart. George Sayer, Charles Kil- . der the like agreement patent, ere= a they is Dorset Gardense, where legrew, and. Christopher inch, Esquires, Charleswith the Drike"s Houseeerote ae)oreas . a Play, palled "The DestruCtion of Jerusalem," and he engaged the servants Of the Duke of York to Davenant, Pciaor of Laws; John. Metcaif, txrfore; Sirpieii pieces to those wint..:l; were per- G,,,i,ii , Asebo-riihmn r roil, ,Ashburribam Trowel, being forced by their refusal of it to bring it to us, ;the said Company compelled us, after the studeing. - formed by the King's servants at the other theatre. 'William East, Richard Midcilemore, Robert Gower, Ten of the lame well allowed a stilt of laced scar 7 an d . w i lli am Collier, Esquires, and several other of it, and a vast expellee in - scenes and clothes, to buy up. their claims, by - paying all the•pensieris be let by the King, and were on thelionsenold eSta- persons cleirnipg under the Patents of the Thea tres. 'had received from there, amounting to 1.121. paid by blia.beleant , lout whether the Duke's servants re- The petition states, the particulars of the patents the King's Company, besides near 401. he the said cei:eKl any emolument trom their patron i; !ronbtful. greeted to Thomas Killegrew, Esq. and Sir William . Mr, Crowne paid out of his own The King and rife Duke t oo k considerable' interest . Dar - client. That the Patentees did build two play- pocket.. in tee success of their respeetive-coinpanies, and houses upon several pieces of ground purchased by These things considered, if Mr. D.'s said agree even persotia.ay adjusted ti.eir differences • upon se- them respectively, the one in Covent Garden, and "moot; promise, and works freely giten him fo'r his veral occasions. All other pet suns were prohibited by . the other in . Salisbury-court. which cost tfietu raid last new Play, and the many / Aides we have to the Court trent: perforeii.•e Plays or Operas in the et- 10,0001. 'and upwards, and the house irt Covent , his writings, this Play .be purchased eway from us, ties ot London or W e stminster, or the sueurbs, that ' Garden, having been accidentally burnt down and we must submit. the two Itoyel Theatres eligle pusses the exclusive afterwards rebuilt, cost near 40001.. more e and CHARLES KILLIGREW. and supeert of the inhabi .4)16 of ' the. Metropolis; that the Patentees did, at their own costs, maintain CHARLES HART. that the' one theatre rnigilL obtaih as little advantage indinstrutt people for the stage. That the Paten- Nrcu. Boa T.. p , osible over the 00 et, i" patentees were re = tees were united. in 1682, and the then Patentees, . CARDELL9O9nIsI strieted from COM pt tirig with Lech other in pertorm- for great sums of money, assigned their shares or in- :the Mon t•TN• limb the . same plays; and therefore they divided i tercets - (now vested in the Petitoners). That the Pee —...... that and a equally all the uest traysw that were then extant, so titiOners, in confidence of such Letters Patent , ba d tlii.• TheatreMem that, frog t h e ir never acting the same plays, the b e en at :further expellee, at several times , i n a p ,.! yer public wire precluded from ascertaining with 'acct. parel and other necessaries for the The atre, to the the management l'ac'y the respeetive merits eat the twee companies.— extent of twenty thousand pounds. That t he Peti e ears fro and Se m a 'tenor IJridt-r these advaut a g es, both houses were very : tioners . after paying all the necessary expences (.•'' the Attorney prosperous for some years ; but when. they bad establishm‘t,derived au annual profitof allover% thou- epointed by an 0 exhausted their sock of plays e the public gave tee ' sand pounds from the concern, until,Liedy 'Day 16ee, e, to enquire in ' preterenc , to the atting of the King's ..,onarpany, • siticewhich time they became considet able yearly lo- ere. v. hich induced Sir William Davenant •to introduce rietsabat they were at last, with the.greatestrelurAance aced New. a, 1" novelty into his performances; iind I.e therefore 1 . 3 - con ipelled to trouble her Majesty with an applica- ,ny, to her Ma' Operas thereby addine • ite enquiry iu! 'gall to perform thatuatie Oyer . lion, toprevent their being, ' * Music and seeelactie, at a con siderable expence,, to , hieing their whole estates hi the said premises; but icy - recite the the. entertainments which the town lied heen - ac- ! they 'loped that, in a reign so glolious as that of her a to state win . Majesty,. for preserving the rights of the people, they id stopped orif ' - should not tie disturbed. in the management of their :ir beitente, a' concern. That her Majesty's 'Lord Chamberlain had , dedueted, t' sent several-orders to -the Patentees and-their Mena- h ardered that wee; Players, and Performers,- aid in pariiCtiler du- alleged, r ring" the Months of November and Decetnber 170 e, rs were mid relating to the estabVishiog of anotber, stink.Play-honse, ti him, whe and - restraining the Pt:intoner' , power. to treat with .ber prope, such Actors as thee should bunk necessary , for their lain, the bt business. Other orders wereeeet them io Decete - ned d to h •in ber and January -1107 e for' restraining the Petitioners 26tC from eCt ing. any Operas, and; from etup ,tinned loyitig such ,use, and persons as theyeonceivedht for dancing and singing, ether, t( under the penalty or silencinge On the 30th of 17f - . . April - :1709, the Petitioners Treasurer was ordered ill a col to pay money'' to their Actors; Without - their consent . and 'ne Or agrebeient ; and on the Gth - of June last, the Pe -, r broke titorters and A&ors were silenced for not so doing. — xi': ,'C That such orders were not only extraordinary and rnselt, contradictory in themselves, but Made w i th out call- ae tiler ing the Petitioners before his Lordship, or hearing alue r) n , them upon the subject, and, as they, the Petitioners, Aue - Were advised, contrary-to thee rights and privileges !es tlif conveyed by the Patents, and tended to subvert the ang c same,and destroy the property of those claiming ue- oceerf der them 'e and as the Petitioners Were - refused re- inner dress by the'Ldra Chamberlain, although they fre- 6'l*; quently applied for the same,, they at last had re- Al' course to nee Majesty's great justice and goodness. Kit' They therefore prayed her Majesty for relief against he the said - orders, and to restore them to that pro- ' 0 tedion which they enjoyed under her Royal Prede- • ' cessors. • i • . ' No. 2.—A Petition presented to her Majesty by , Mr. Charles Killegrew, stating, that his tattler's right of the Patent had been vested in him for the last twenty-seven years. That for the greatest part of the time sibee the two houses were united, Dr. Devenant, or those claiMing under him, took upon themselves the management ot the two Theatres, and the Company of Adors, and received the pro fits arising from tha concern, whic,h ought to have been divided into twenty equal shares, three parts of Which belonged to - the Petitioner. That, as bit share of the Property. was at the . time.' of his mar" . riage looked upon to be of considerable. value; it formeda part ot the settlement made upon his wife and their issues. He therefore hoped, , that, as he had . 'not interfered .with the management -of the Theatre for the last fourteen years, that her Majesty would not allow. his family to suffer through the use of the Patent being suspended. 3.—A Petition to Queen Anne, signed by B. BoOth, Theo. Keene; Jno. Richerstatfe, Fran. Leigh ,, Hen. Fairbank, Ja. Carnaby, Jo. Dowries, Geo.. .Powell, .George Park, John Cowdy, -Thomas -Bar men, -Mae. Burkhead, Fran. M, Knight, M.. Bick nell, Henrietta Moore, Kat. Finch, Susannah Cox., L, .13radsliaw, Mary Powell, Eli. Leigh, Elis. Willis, M. Kent, Cath. Baker, all Performers at Drury-lane , Theatre. site - upon winGh the late Drury.laneTheatre stood. - t Satisodr \ - - , square. ' No pode's ,aiti.),dotireWaiehouse,in Portugal-street . . LONDON t Printed b RICHARD HA RRIS, of No. 4 , Martiett..cc•trt, Bow-street ; and At the SuN-OFFIcE3 NO. 112-a Strand; where Advertisements, Orders I Publisbid by WILLIAM AR MlGl:it SCRIPPS. South Molton.treet, G UPV6.IC ;itquace. or the Paper, Letters for the Etlitur, &c, (p)t-paict), must b 3 addressed. TFFATRJCAL HISTORYI - i however, does lint appear tcrhave succe .deo long ;• and some the pritt6pai p:rti any !Ar.Otturi and Flat t, ktilleritig : trom age and icfnit. the King rroutumended that, the cf..u,painchn•-.111(1 unite and accordingly they be -621i jointly at' the theatte 1084. his union vk az; c red to be vkry much iu favour, of the I) , .)let's ; but other lia4o-retnedy. The ,at,;:ntees ha% noW.themho-nle to. at h;,if ext}enF4,7,.ituposcd t. eir ur.c it terms upon the ..c.iors, They,94,194: na'rt the prc.fits to-theruselves, - and aii•ovvecl.tire:oifter half 'Onl to Iyrty , t h e other performers , . which was di ,videti, a I Leib according. to „t heir merits. Inad dine/too this, .11re,patcntes. sold shatts of their in 'teret. to monied peoii , , who were thereby aLintitted . into the.man,agement ot the.tbeatre, although -they were tota4. ignorant :of theatrical affairs; and they naturally, a‘aited, tternselve; of every es eqictit to diniiniSti the inconiepfthea6fors, and increase their `own. i%...ltliougi) they weitt buccesstul iti . a number of pieces - , yet. the concern, upon the whore, bec.,me 'so in‘Oltied, that the patentees 'made anothek at tempt to redt:cp, the salaries of the performers .an e%pedient t hich the latter obstinately and success . fully' resisted, and they were supported in their exertions by the 1 tiblic, who knew the merits of the actors, but 'not of the patentees; The per 'formers offered to remain on their former salaries ; but the proprietors, thinking their authority trnli retuned all terms of acconArsodation. The disv, - ;te havirio been laid before King avelt Willia a s s , he he the Law Officers, and . they g • opinion, •‘ that no patent for aeting plays given by , one Pri;ice, .could prevent a succeeding one.from the same authority to those with whom he could ..trnst *it." lietterten and others were intro , duCed to - the Kina,"who promised to redress their 3 and that actor, and a sate number of others, o_hiained a license to urea a theatre, and as for iliern,elves. 'A subscription - Was immediately • 4et cm', toot, and the theatre in Lincoln's-Itinzticklsl was built; where they coinmenced playing success luny in 'the year 1b95. The Managers of the Old Tl, - ei;l:re were now eolopelledlo hire provincial per , loimers, and Increase the salariei of those who re , Inqine.d-w:ith them, to prevent their going over to their rivals. Mr. Congrei,e sold ')iis - My of love Loire -to the New Company, and they reaped their harvest from it, as the cliaradcrs had.been in teukteltor their ncipal actors, although the author meant to have had it performed : at the'other house • This eal ly success, however, was,but: of short dura tion ; for, front the 'number of ,Managers,- who equal authority in regulating the theatre, then' affairs were conducted without judgment and their Profits fell.away. ?•T; Cus , OlneCl to fire. CHARLES HART. BURT.. CARD ELT:„.9O9PMAY. :11.11Cti; MOIWN• During this period that tly. - Theatre. continued shut, Mr. Collier, a Lawyer and a Member of Par- liatnent, succeeded to the manqgement. in a manner rather singular, as appears from a Report made to ber Majesty by the then-Attorney and Solicitor General whom her Majesty appointed by an Order in Council, dated Feb. 8,._170g, to enquire into the circutu- stances of the Theatre. Their Report is dated Nov. s, 1711, wherein they state, that', accordant; to her INLtjezty's Order, they Made every possiuie , enquiry in to the matters reter red to them. They - recite the Petitions, and then pieceed to state what Mr. Rich tied said,' viz.—that lid had stopped one third of each . Ad l er's' 'ieceipts, at their benefits, after the expeuces of the night had. been dedueied, all iiooo the Lord Chatn•'-: beriand had ordered that balance to ne paid -upe ThaCiVlr. 'Rich aikged, as a fbr - his . soo r oing; that tile Actors were under particelaiaireemeres, in writing, with him, whereby he pail them, and that he did not think proper to obey the mandate of the Lord Chamberlain, because that Officer's name was not mentioned in the Patent; but that he, Mr RXII, readily assented to her Majesty's pleasure inlhutting up the House, and had ' not since atked.' That Mr. Rich continued tenant of the Theaire Until . the 22d of November, 1709, when Mr. Collier Came to the door with a corporal, - divers soldiers,. armed with /swords and muskets, and in a riordus and - violent Manner broke the doors, and turned 'Mr: Rich's ser vants Out: 'Collier then declared lie took possession for himself, for which he had her Majesty's Order : that he then seized all the clothes and other articles of value necessary for acting plays, and that he had. • continued performing there ever since. The Re.. ferees then proceed to state, that Mr: 'Collier, upon being called upon for an accOufit of his condua.and . . 'proceedings, produced a letter to him signed by Sir 'James Stanley, dated Nov: le, 17Og, whereby her Majesty, " in consideration Of his having resigned all interest in the Patents granted to Sir Thomas Killigrew and Sir John Davenant, and submitted to her Majesty's authdrity, gave him permission to att on the 23d November; ande hat alieenso was pre paring, and would be sent him with all Convenient speed. He was also required not Winn - mit Rich, or any other person claiming under him, to ieterfere with him or his Company." Mr:Collier's affidavit was then recited, the Substance of which Was, that, when the house was shut, he inquired, and was advised that the Patent was of -no effe6.l, unless it was supported by the Crown, which was not then the case, as Rich refused to make the required sub mission : that he was also informed, that it any per. son -claiming under the Patent should' submit to her Majesty's pleasure, and wave or surender their right .in the said Patent, that her Majesty would permit them to open the house and act : chat he (Collier) made the required submission to the , . Ahoy' oey and Solicitor General, and lie obtained leave to empior the attois, who were then in a very low condition : that on the 22d November; which-was a day of ge neral rejoicing, he gave them money to drink her, Majesty's health : that in-.the evening he told them toThot as soon as they pleased, showing them Sir James Stanley's authority' ; that they accordingly en tered the Theatre, but not with armed soldiers, as had been represented, nor did they seize any of the cloathing, &c. -as Mr. .Rich asserted, but, were obliged to perform in their own. clothes till_ others could ,he us ide for them, Mr. Rich or his servants having carried away all the acting apparel; that Mr.' Collier had the consent of., a majority of :the other Renters for what he had done... . . IRISH TREAT 71C4 LS. ROYAIfHI72.:ERNIAN THEATRE ---This house opened with an eclat ot - a very superi4 nature., The firSt'flight - S receip6 to the amount of 5001.'were ap proprl tted to charitable purpoies, by the Matjager, Mr. H. Jon NSTON.—Tiiii! next night produced 5 i 01. and itl4 , l,hird 5301. The otl;e , r performances have betn affled by crowded audiencei.' The Theatrp is, in point of el , sane?, of the first order ; and the combination of r, ;:l talent, with musical and panto- Ii innic atl;:ity, I.as ne'..er btit , n surpa•Kid• TnEArriir, RoyAL.,--This 'Theatre opened with The Siege of Belvaile,i!l ‘k hich Mr. Bapai)im and Mrs. MoUNTAIN made their entr&- , Their exWor- • din merits were dly appreciated, and their science and taste generally and warmly applauded. Gnlsiderable inconvenience wai lately experienced in the city of Cork, in consequenQe of, the .Dublin mail not haVing arrived in course. lt.has heen ac- contved for in the follow.ng at:antler : CORK, SEPT. 9.-- - Vi r e are extremely happy to announce, that the -Dublin • mail; which had been• .nni;sing since yeSterdiy • morning; was-this evening brought:ln ; and that the inconvenience to which the pUblic were likely to - suihit is preventM. The circumstances attending this accident were—the bag baying been so very lari.7e, ,that it could nut have . been squeezed into tbe boot, ,:na was in consequence tied to the roof , rf ithe 'coach. In the fog , of Tues.- day nicrht, the bag loosed nad rolled off. 'the coach. KilWorth Mont - vain - 3, the Gind4 not *al* the bag for some tirne.. Two colnyvmen, on - passing by_ early in the . iw:rning, the which they took, up abf)nt three miles oi' the Dublin,roil, in the dirftioo of Michels-tr , An; .„ Iknere, hearing of the Ali& seale't that wa. miffing, and apprehensive of, meddling with it, they threw it into a (party unopered, and partly covered 'with stones. After some hesita!ion, tlwy.gave, in f orff i s ar lion where it was, an' it wcts afterarcis forwariki in a post chaiO!, and accompanied- byttl eicort, tV this city." Co:top:Ws IN4TTEST..—Thursday evening, at fore. o'clock, an•htquest was held hclare ANTHONY GELL 'Esq. Coroner for Westtnicster,, on the body of woman, nante unknown, who was found dead Tuesday night, in , front•of , •the George public-Ouse, in Drury-lane, near •Long-acre. The pOor unto; nate creature had seen hotter days ; she had former!.• ly kept an inn and livery-stables, in a principil citf• in England, 131A..failing to :buSiPess, Ir,cl c ate to London, %here, after unOeigOiog a long series of misfortunes, she, lost her -husband. Shortly atter 'this she Was aAlicied with a cancer in her lett breast, which was, a constant source of, trouble to her until . tide moment of her death. After the body found, it . was discovered that the constant discharge., from that most tender ot all parts-of the human frame. had exlans:ed. nature occasioned,r death.-- Di-d by the Vi i t ati • :nr God. Another .J!-rqn...st wa= field the same alts-rnoon , at thZ-)house of ,Mr: Dukes, ihe Rose and Crown , in Dywrung-street,,Wstminster,'on the body of 4 Mr. A. Anioh. cut i nto the on WO' ne, ,, 10y night and called for worth of brandy and water; .-.c , reeiy I,,ad he ta:e.i it %.Vlteit he, %" 15 scized wit. , a pc ~t apopt,-xyl.and instantly expired. ~,candalons ot public de. corou:--was cniumwi WintUy, at the instande of two persGus, •‘v: tli , ,!igh well known in the town, deserve to names held pp to gene ral indignation and abbomnce; One of t he• ptar; ries, for a trifling w - t-g - er, engaged to carry the upon his back to a cumin) distance through I.lle public street,within an assigned period ; bitt that the terms of- his %%tiger did not require that •he should:bear the additional weight of his clothes• the other procured,a per, - in of nearly his own whom be found weaker or wicked enough to s, him Self to be enif)toyed, On Such antintamons sion, to strip off his clothes, and it,J as his pro•r• the. bu . siness. 'The parties rushed . on street; and !aelnally proceeded a cot lance, when the: pe_son who undertook t a u , ;-xeco -- tion of the wager, growing at length in - shoaled of 1 113 ' load, threw toe man off his back into door of,whiCh ipppene . d to I?e:open. The wretch , being quickly expelled. by the people.of the. shoP) - ran back, through the. street to the house whew hi; clothes - were deposited,. ;amidst the hooting: 'and hissings those. who happeard o itnesAes of ,the shameful traniaEtion... The Magistrates ot the place, greatly to their:hot - lout, Lave eNpresseitheir reprobation of so infatuous_a beach ot .corum, by • fining the.'parties in the Sum of five guineas. !VET'S. GRAVESEND, NOVEMBER 16. Arrived--the Utulcan, Micihttrsr; fn)tn Cottenburgh Young Cornelius, t.,urnef, horn flatting ; and the Eine.- rica, Cobb: from Cartshan4:. Sail:A—ill , : Hope, M'EaZhern, for St. Thomas's; 1;14 Hale,voo,l, tVat,n, for Barbaclqes ; Nelly, Qdeej. Pouter; Vas.srhoie, 3111(1 'Maw , bryale, fur . 1 alnAlcA Oli‘ Tilompson; for Totx!go ; vent's, Alen, and tiir.theC-Ape cat (;ood Hop.:; .ucletri for TenerilF.. ; and the I : 411W, Thonlas, to. .'l,l 51K/ h On Thursday last', in Kent, the Lady of I ond Nl.,rshatiu of a L..tuitte:'. Isl4trAi , i, On Thursday, Mr. W, P. Musgrove, .of Chc.nside, to Miss Anne Tnompskql. of Appleton Gate; /AP On the• ilth ult. at , ,Cartipo Maier, Portugal, uft,er a 1 .4 -1 4 days illnes6, Major Richard Vanti,:leur, of the igitt ItiiV lTlent of foot. On the-WI - inst. at,Herntett, in 'tKent,. the neat of. T 11° ; trtavb. Hodges, Esq..-Sir :).V.l, num ,Vailey, Knight of ti' Sicilian oi:t.:r of Cou;tantii.L . ,St. George... - On Saturday last,' at ins lodgings' iti -(.;Oodg - e.street, T'el 'it% ieith at n , c olitt r0 . 3(1,- Mr. ,: lines Alison,. Watch,-maKl,r, ' of Lotilbald- b;l . ,'!C:i . ... , . .. , : . • • - the . on Sunday morning last, in York-place, lit : linburgP!, 1 0 Hon, Miss Mary 1-• riser, Sister to the late, and aunt tg ' Rresent, Lord . Salt Oh S:edries ay, ou at n; .-Cravesend,, William. Cruden, E,,i, Meniber of the Corpordtjon...., . . •-1 A ic\v nays ago, in . tJuntin, Mrs. .124i0.r, Lady of " liam Taylor,*.lisq. of D t tilin-.Cas . t.L:. ' Nir• Yesterday;, at .P.entotiville, in ilie; 201 -year of age. 10 , Arthur Macarthur, late Purser of tiro Lipton toile Exit' diamm. : . _........-0